Temperature regulating system



Sept. 15, 1936. M. osNos TEMPERATURE REGULATING SYSTEM Filed Feb. 14, 1934 INVENTOR MENDEL OSNOS ATTORNEY Jaapce a; (a/Pm Patented Sept 15, 1936 2,054,658

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TEMPERATURE REGULATING SYSTEM Mendel O'snos, Berlin, Germany, assignor to Telefunken Gesellschaft fiir Drahtlose Telegraphic in. b. R, Berlin, Germany, a corporation of Germany Application February 14, 1934, Serial No. 711,144

In Germany February 8, 1933 10 Claims. (01; 236,li)

This invention relates to an arrangement for the idea are shown in the accompanying drawing, self-regulation of temperature of a body. in which,

This application is particularly concerned with Fig. 1 is a cross section through the temperature certain improvements in the subject matter disregulating system.

closed in my copending application Serial No. Fig. 2 is a cross section through a modification' 5 589,446, filed January 25, 1932. Y of the temperature regulating system.

The above-mentioned patent application is con- Fig. 3 is a cross section through another modicerned with an arrangement to insure self-regufioation of the tempe at regulating system. lation of temperature of a body, there being pro- Throughout the drawing like e a s refer to duced inside the medium or ambient surrounding similar parts, n ch i is t ass Container, 10 the body to be controlled or the vessel containing 2 t Conduction (abduction) p e ade of the body, different temperature-levels preferably metal, 3 l q d 4 heat resist0r.'5 evacuated varying in dependence upon height by suitably and metallized space in the wall of the glass condisposed heating means, the body to be treated or tainer, 5 cementing mess, it is a fleeting member t5 controlled being automatically or by the interinside of which the object or article whose teml5 mediary of suitable adjusting means, set to the p e is to b stabilized is confined, 8 in 3 requisite temperature level. It is important in n y there i h wn in ulation of wool fiber or the this connection that inside the liquid there should likeprevail as uniform as possible a fall (say, a linear In a arrangement as illustrated i 1 the fall) of temperature in the direction from the inner Well f the Vessel s Cylindrical while the top towards the bottom. outer wal is up-shaped.

If the cross-section of the liquid is constant, In this a the at resistance R) recipfor instance, for all heights or levels, a constant meal of the thermal conductivity of the esp ve temperature gradient would be obtainable only if layer) is the e for all layers o e q ea hit the lateral Walls of the liquid-container were abresistance 011 the Other hand. of t e heatsolutely heat-insulating However, actual t t insulating wall (figured in the direction of the heat have demonstrated that even in the case where flux) is higher for t pp a a than for the the vessel consists,for instance, of adouble-walled lower Ones With the result that the retiO 2 o or jacketed cylinder having an exhausted and higher temperature levels is here greater than 3 metallized inside space, heat will nevertheless leak for the lower Onesaway to the outside so that no perfectly linear In the arrangement shown in Fig. 2 both walls temperature fall in the liquid from top towards are made pl With the result that q t b tt is t b tity Rf is here lower for higher strata or the According to this invention, in order to insure a liquid 80 that it falls With growing mperature, temperature drop at different levels of the liquid 80 a 1! o s er for s g temp tu es. 35

that comes closer toa linear law the ratio In an arrangement as shown in 3 both walls l, l of the container of liquid are cylindrical. Ri Instead of flaring out the walls, as shown in Figs. fi1= 1 and 2, an insulator such as wool, rock wool, m kieselguhr or a similar thermal insulator is ap- (where R2 and Rf, respectively the heat resistance plied on the outside in the form of a cup. (figured in the direction of heat propagation) of The outer walls of the device as shown in all of the insulation means of the respective layer or the drawings could be made pyramidal, conical, the liquid of the respective layer), is made to bear inverted, as indicated by the broken lines, or any such a dependence upon the temperature that at other similar or equivalent form instead of the 45 the points where the temperature is higher, also cup-shape, though the latter is preferable. the value of y is higher. It is advisable to so distribute the heater, for

Another way in which to describe how my ininstance, in the form of a network, zigzag grid or vention insures a uniform temperature drop at grating, or the like, over the cross-section of the re difierent levels is by stating that as it is the norheated upper layer that this layer will experience mal tendency of heat to rise, I propose to inas far as feasible a uniform heating.

crease the amount of heat insulation at the up- I claim: per portion of the container by flaring out its 1. A temperature regulation system having a walls. device for the self-regulation of temperature of 35 A number of exemplified schemes to illustrate a body, said device comprising a cylinder having liquid, heat insulation surrounding said double walled cylinder, the outside contour of which is flared out toward the top.

3. A temperature regulation system having a device for the self-regulation of temperature of a body, said device comprising a container having double walls, a coating of insulation surrounding the outside of said double walls, a liquid and a heating element within said container, said heating element being adjacent the upper end of said container, a floating member within said liquid, said floating member adapted to contain the body whose temperature is to be regulated, a metallic base to which said container is secured, the outside contour of said insulation being flared out toward the top.

4. A temperature regulation system having a device for the self-regulation of temperature of a body, said device comprising a double-walled container in the form of an inverted cone, a liquid and a heating element within said container, said heating element being adjacent to the upper end of said container, a floating member within said liquid, said floating member adapted to retain the body whose temperature is to be regulated, the space between said container walls being evacuated, and heat insulation surrounding said double-walled container.

5. A temperature-regulation system having a device for the self-regulation of temperature of a body, said device comprising a straight-sided cylinder with double walls, a liquid and a heating element within said cylinder, said heating element being adjacent to the upper end of said cylinder, a floating member within said liquid, said floating member adapted to retain the body whose temperature is to be regulated, the space between said walls being evacuated, heat insulation surrounding the double walls of said cylinder, the outside container of which is flared out toward the top.

6. A temperature regulation system having a device for the self-regulation of temperature of a body with this characteristic feature that for difierent levels inside a container having a liquid,

a floating member within said liquid containing the element to be regulated, and a heating element located adjacent to the top of said container and in heat exchanging relationship with said liquid, the ratio (where R and Bi are the heat resistances figured in the direction of heat propagation, of the liquid stratum of the respective level and the heat resistance of the stratum of the adjacent container wall which includes heat insulation means) is made to bear such a dependence upon temperature that at the places where the temperature is higher the value of y is greater.

7. A temperature regulation system having a device for the self-regulation of temperature of a body, said device comprising a container having double walls, a liquid and a heating element within said container, a floating member within said liquid, the space between said walls being evacuated, heat insulation surrounding said doublewalled container, the outside contour of which is flared out toward the top.

8. A temperature regulation system having a device for the self-regulation of temperature of a body, said device comprising a container having double walls, the inner wall being cylindrical in shape, the outer wall being cup-shaped, a liquid and a heating element within said container, a floating member within said liquid, the space between said walls being evacuated, heat insula tion surrounding said double-walled container, the outside contour of said cup-shaped walls being flared out toward the top.

9. A temperature regulation system having a device for the self-regulation of temperature of a body, said device comprising a container having double cup-shaped walls, a liquid and a heating element within said container, a floating member within said liquid, the space between said walls being evacuated, heat insulation surrounding said double cup-shapedwalls, the outside contour of both walls being flared out toward the top.

10. A temperature regulation system having a device for the self-regulation of temperature of a body, said device comprising a, container having double walls, a liquid and a heating element within said container, a floating member within said liquid, the space between said walls being evacuated, heat insulation surrounding said doublewalled container, the outside contour of which is flared out toward the top, and a metallic base to which said container is secured.

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